Andrés Stanovnik
OFMCap (December 15, 1949) is a
prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. He served as
bishop
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of
Reconquista
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from 2001 until 2007, when he became archbishop of
Corrientes.
Life
Born in
Buenos Aires
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, Stanovnik became a member of the
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFMObs, now OFM), the ...
on July 16, 1978. He was
ordained
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to the
priesthood on September 2, 1978.
On October 30, 2001, he was appointed
bishop
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of
Reconquista
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. Stanovnik received his
episcopal consecration on the following December 16 from
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, the future
Pope Francis
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, with bishop of
Posadas,
Juan Rubén Martinez, bishop emeritus of
San Luis,
Juan Rodolfo Laise, nuncio for Argentina, archbishop
Santos Abril y Castelló, and bishop of
Venado Tuerto,
Gustavo Arturo Help, serving as
co-consecrators.
On September 27, 2007, he was appointed archbishop of
Corrientes.
External links
* catholic-hierarchy.org
Bishop Andrés Stanovnik
1949 births
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Argentina
Living people
Capuchin bishops
Argentine people of Slovenian descent
Roman Catholic archbishops of Corrientes
Argentine Roman Catholic archbishops
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